804 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 346

hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as
follows:

Section 213. The Board of Commissioners shall be com-
posed of three, one to be elected each year for a term of three
years, no commissioner to be eligible for re-election until after
a period of twelve months, of whom a majority shall consti-
tute a quorum for the transaction of business; and any of
them may meet and enforce by-laws upon delinquent members.

Section 216. An annual election for commissioners shall be
held the first Saturday in June, in each year, between the hours
of eleven and one, at which any two of the commissioners shall
be judges; each candidate shall file a written notice of his
candidacy with the clerk at least ten days prior to the election.
The clerk shall give notice thereof in one or more of the most
public places in said town at least one week before, and the
clerk shall attend and keep record of the election under the
direction of the judges, and notify those elected of their elec-
tion. At the first election held after the Act goes into
effect, three commissioners shall be elected, and the one receiv-
ing the highest vote shall serve for three years, the next for
two years, and the next for one year. In case of a tie be-
tween two, it shall be decided by lot.

Section 221. The clerk shall keep a full minute of all the
proceedings of said commissioners in a well-bound book to be
provided by them for that purpose, which shall always be open
lo inspection by any person interested. The clerk shall also
publish an itemized report of the receipts and expenditures of
the commissioners, including bills payable, at least two weeks
prior to the end of the fiscal year.

Section 227. Be it enacted, They may levy tax upon all
the taxable property within the Town for all corporate pur-
poses, but the sum so levied shall in no case exceed the sum
of fifty cents in every hundred dollars of the assessable prop-
erty within the limits of said Town of Trappe as may be neces-
sary, in their judgment, for the purposes of defraying the ex-
penses of said Town, and they are also authorized to borrow
on the faith and credit of said Town any sum of money, not
exceeding two thousand dollars, which they may deem neces-
sary for defraying the necessary expenses of said Town, and
including therein any improvements to the streets of said
Town or other purposes which they may consider for the bene-
fit and advantage of the inhabitants of said Town.